I bought a ton of them about 10 or so years ago.

Recapture typically happens only when you sell the property.If you use the property partly for personal use and partly as a rental in a given year, depreciation and other expenses must be prorated based on the number of days it was rented versus personal useBased on the current tax laws and regulations, once you've taken bonus depreciation on an asset, you cannot "capture" additional bonus depreciation on that same asset in future years, even if the rates increase.In the 2024 tax year, the rate for bonus depreciation is 60%.

@Nida Kazmi   So it has been about a year. 

You start out right away with essentially 3 income producing properties & after a year it goes to 4.

Quote from @Yianni Hahalis: I'm looking to move to Cleveland within the year and get my foot in the door with real estate.

I'm sure this was definitely a thing that was achievable in the COVID years...So the 2% rule seems like it would get you a lot closer to your mark than 1% in today's interest rate climate.1% really does seem like a unicorn.Now - here's the nitty gritty.

Imagine you make $100k and you are affected by 3 tax brackets.0-33k =-33K 0%33,001-66k 10%66,001 - 100k 20%You can take $100k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes, for one year and then $10,100 for for 2 years  ($20,200 total)You can take 67k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes for a year, take 33k the second year and pay $6,800 year two and $10,100 year 3. ($16,900 total)You can take 33k each year and pay $3,300 in taxes all 3 years. ($9,900 total)Obviously this is simplified but unless you expect to make much less and be in a lower tax bracket in the future those deductions could come in handy.

We modeled every new build in our market every year and find that it's exponential growth as you build smaller your returns go higher and I would guess it's the same for existing. please comment on your market and trends if you've seen similar patterns anywhere in the country.

(But not for a “I’m going to live in it 50 weeks out of the year and rent it out two weeks”, IMHO, if that was your idea.  

He must have spent gobs of time and money every year maintaining the books and the structure.